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Seven Stories of San Juan
Randy Morgan and his apprentices, Michael and Rowan, created the Seven Stories of Old San Juan in the historic Silvas Adobe from the 1790s on Los Rios street. It captures historic moments in Saddleback Valley with the Portolá Expedition in 1769 to the founding of Mission San Juan Capistrano in 1776. As the birthplace of Orange County, this installation of “Old San Juan” mural is vital to sharing the story of our collective past on the exterior façade of Hennessey’s at 31761 Camino Capistrano. It showcases Vaqueros on horseback roping and rounding up cattle. These 3D pieces capture the color composition of the Southwest with copper and burnt sienna tones.…
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The Walt Disney Archives
Make sure to see Bowers Museum’s Inside the Walt Disney Archives: 50 Years of Preserving the Magic which is on exhibit from March 7, 2020 – June 20, 2021. This collection has an incredible array of heritage and contemporary history. You’ll enjoy learning about their staff’s conservation treatment of Walt Disney’s personal papers and film history. They are located at 2002 North Main Street. Santa Ana, California 92706.You can call 714.567.3600 to schedule your tickets in advance. “Guests are invited to step into The Walt Disney Archives as they walk through a dazzling display of more than 400 objects, including original artwork, costumes, and props that tell the story of…
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Oral History Podcast
Jennifer Keil, founder of 70 Degrees, conversed with Summer Cherland. Keil provided her insight for conducting oral histories with various institutions. She shared resources and techniques for best practices when facilitating interviews. She recommends introductory and advanced workshops at oral history centers such as CSUF’s Lawrence de Graaf Center for Oral and Public History. Additionally, one could join professional networks such as Oral History Association and Southwest Oral History Association (SOHA) which offer training at annual conferences. In this podcast, she shared the connections with Anthropology, Genealogy, and Oral History practices. Her goal is to make archives accessible online through content management systems. She believes in integrating oral histories in…
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Aliso Viejo Ranch
The Aliso Viejo Ranch officially open to the public in May 2021. The rehabilitated historic barn, sheds, new barn, and foreman’s house provide insight into the Moulton Ranch in the 20th century. Visit this 7.7 acre site at 100 Park Ave. Aliso Viejo, CA. We worked with the city of Aliso Viejo, Third Street Architecture, and Moulton Museum to create an interpretive plan for Aliso Viejo Ranch. We created a virtual tour of the permanent display. Virtual Tour Moulton Museum provided historic artifacts on loan for the displays. This includes Lewis Moulton’s original desk and swivel chair where he oversaw the finances. The day-to-day operations included balancing ledgers and issuing…
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Festival of Arts
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Women’s History Exhibits
Happy International Women’s Day! In March we celebrate the many contributions women have made to history. The Smithsonian Museum’s online women’s history exhibits are incredible. We particularly recommend the Museum Objects, Oral Histories, and Podcasts. Viewing and listening to these online materials will remind us of the work that generations prior to us did. It’s important to remember the enduring legacies of female leadership. One exhibit in particular, The Creating Icons: How We Remember Woman Suffrage pays homage to the leaders of the movement. The National Women’s History Museum offers online exhibits. Some of the featured exhibits are Getting with the Program which acknowledges the legacy of females who computed…
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Egyptian Beauty
The full-color model is made up of more than 6 million triangular polygons — 2D shapes that are the building blocks of a 3D digital object. (Image: © Cosmo Wenman, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) See the video at the end of this field notes and the article by the Smithsonian regarding this 2019 release of digital files. You can download the 3D file at Thingiverse and print in your own lab. By Jennifer Keil, M.A. Isa Genzken Nofretete, 2014 “Isa Genzken: Make Yourself Pretty!” at Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin We encourage you to read Artsy’s How Nefertiti Became a Powerful Symbol in Contemporary Art for additional art interpretation of this icon. “For…
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John Steinbeck
“Plankton, a shimmering phosphorescence on the sea and the spinning planets and an expanding universe, all bound together by the elastic string of time. It is advisable to look from the tide pool to the stars and then back to the tide pool again.” ― John Steinbeck, The Log from the Sea of Cortez Tidepool, 70 Degrees Collection, 35mm Penguin Books summarized The Log from the Sea of Cortez. “In 1940, Steinbeck and biologist Edward F. Ricketts ventured aboard the “Western Flyer,” a sardine boat out of Monterey, California, on a 4,000-mile voyage around the Baja peninsula into the Sea of Cortez. This exciting, day-by-day account of their expedition wonderfully…
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Granville Redmond: The Eloquent Palette
We are excited to share that the Laguna Art Museum has reopened. We had an opportunity to see this exhibit and encourage you to do the same. This exhibit is on display through November 15, 2020. It was organized by the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, CA. “Granville Redmond (1871–1935) produced a body of work that captures California’s diverse topography, vegetation, and color. Representing both northern and southern parts of the state, his paintings range in style from contemplative, “Tonalist” works that evoke a quiet calm, to dramatic and colorful Impressionist scenes. Today Redmond is widely considered one of the leading California artists of his era.” View the gallery in…
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Casa Romantica
Casa Romantica Tour by 70 Degrees Casa Romantica has remarkable founder history of Ole Hanson who resided in this 1927 built Spanish Revival-style house. Ole was once was the once mayor of Seattle. He pioneered in the creation of community. The house is open to the public with docent-led tours available upon request. Learn more at 415 Avenida Granada San Clemente, CA 92672. The public visiting hours are the following: Tuesday: 10 AM – 4 PM; Wednesday: 10 AM – 4 PM; Thursday: 10 AM – 4 PM; Friday: 10 AM – 2 PM; Saturday: 10 AM – 2 PM; and Sunday: 10 AM – 2 PM Call (949) 498-2139…
